Broadhead tunning question
 

Hey guys and girls I have a question about broadhead tunning. It seems to me when my bow is tuned corectly and my form is good that when i move my rest slightly feild points might move an inch or so for every 1/16 inch of movement but broad heads will move 2 to 3 inches . have you noticed the same effect .

RE: Broadhead tunning question
 

No, I haven't! But it could because the spine of your broadhead arrows is different from your fieldpoints. This is because by adding a broadhead you have lengthened your arrow and weakened the spine a bit. If your arrowspine is borderline to being with, it will showup when the broadhead is added.

RE: Broadhead tunning question
 

Ditto...shooting the right arrow spine is more criticall when using broadheads.

RE: Broadhead tunning question
 

I don't see how a longer or shorter point can effect spine. If it was a different weight yes, but the length of the broad head or practice tip should not effect spine. I would think the spine is determined by how hard or easy the shaft bends when force is applied to it. Since the point is a solid piece of metal it does not flex, and should have no effect on the spine of the shaft. That would also lead me to believe that the type of insert and length would also effect the spine of an arrow. If you used an insert that was 2 inches long instead of 1 inch, you would have to calculate your shaft as if it were an inch shorter since that part of the shaft would now be solid.

I am not saying that's the way it is, just the way I understand it. Otherwise it would mean when you buy arrows you would have to already know what broad heads you were going to use to get the correct spine. And field tips would never tune properly or fly right. But the exact oppisite is true, field tips fly better.

I think it has more to do with the fact that the broad heads have blades on them that are like having fletchings on the front of your arrows. They are very sensitive to launch geomitry and wind planing. While field points are very arrow dynamic and quite forgiving to small errors. If your arrows were not spined correctly you would not get them to tune well with broad heads and you would not be able to tell what moving your rest a slight amount did to them because they would be all over the place.

Paul